Which of the following BEST explains why the peasantry so strongly supported Mao Zedong? A. The Nationalist government left mainland China in the communists' hands. B. Mao Zedong grew up as a peasant himself; Chiang Kai-shek did not. C. The Nationalist goverment had ignored the peasantry, catering to the elite. D. Mao Zedong proved to be a better political leader than Chiang Kai-shek.

Why did students gather in tiananmen square on june 4, 1989? on june 4, 1989, students gathered in tiananmen square to mourn the death of the pro-reform leader

An effect of the steamboat's popularity was that fewer people traveled by rail. o steam locomotives became less popular. people began to build canals in the united states and europe. o more people began to travel between the united states and europe.

Which four excerpts from the poem "a political reverie" by mercy otis warren imply that america was an oppressed and exploited nation? no despot here shall rule with awful sway nor orphan's spoils become the minion's prey; no more the widow'd bleeding bosom mourns, nor injur'd cities weep their slaughter'd sons; for then each tyrant, by the hand of fate, and standing troops, the bane of every state, forever spurn'd, shall be remov'd as far as bright hesperus from the polar star; freedom and virtue shall united reign, and stretch their empire o'er the wide domain. on a broad base the commonwealth shall stand, when lawless power withdraws its impious hand; when crowns and sceptres are grown useless things, nor petty pretors plunder here for kings